Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

**Definition:** Compartment syndrome characterized by pain in muscle groups with elevated compartment pressures due most often exercise training in athletes. Most often encountered chronic exertional compartment syndrome is in the anterior or deep posterior compartments of the lower leg in athletes in training similar to POPLITEAL ARTERY ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME.

**Tree numbers:** - C05.651.180.180 - C14.907.303.180 - C23.550.291.500.282